The pursuit of Yoshinobu Yamamoto continues for some of Major League Baseball’s top franchises, and new information has now trickled out about one of those team’s meetings with the Japanese ace. 

Giants officials met with the coveted free agent at Oracle Park last week and they were “assured” that “they will be given every consideration” by Yamamoto as he decides where he’s going to sign, The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly reported. 

The news that Yamamoto made the trip to San Francisco was being viewed as a small bit of positive news for the Giants, since he had in-person meetings with the Mets and Yankees, who are viewed as two of the favorites to land him. 

Jon Morosi of MLB Network reported Tuesday that “The Yankees are viewed by many as the frontrunner, and I still think that is the case.”

“It would take, I believe, a very tremendous offer from either the Mets or the Dodgers to pull him away from the Yankees,” Morosi said. “Just given his long-standing connection and infinity there.”

The Dodgers have also been a contender to land Yamamoto and rolled out the welcome wagon when he visited Dodger Stadium last week. 

Mets owner Steve Cohen hosted Yamamoto at his Greenwich, Conn., home on Saturday, and the Yankees sat down with the coveted pitcher the following day. 

The meetings marked the second the New York teams had with the right-hander. 

It’s easy to see why so many big league teams have been lining up to woo the 25-year-old hurler. 

During his time with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan, Yamamoto recorded an overall 70-29 record and is coming off a 2023 season in which he registered a 1.21 ERA with 169 strikeouts in 164 innings. 

Yamamoto’s price tag was expected to begin around $200 million, but he could ultimately balloon to a deal well north of $300 million, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported earlier in December. 

While the  Giants did sign Korean star Jung Hoo Lee to a six-year, $113 million contract, they have recently struggled to convince big-name free agents to sign. 

San Fran whiffed on signing Shohei Ohtani — who went to the rival Dodgers — this offseason and missed signing Aaron Judge last year. 

There have also been concerns that the city’s image problem has not helped the team’s pursuit of stars. 

Giants great Buster Posey recently told The Athletic that the perception of pervasive crime and drugs in San Francisco has impacted the club’s ability to recruit. 

“Something I think is noteworthy, something that unfortunately keeps popping up from players and even the players’ wives is there’s a bit of an uneasiness with the city itself, as far as the state of the city, with crime, with drugs,” Posey said. “Whether that’s all completely fair or not, perception is reality. It’s a frustrating cycle, I think, and not just with baseball.

“Baseball is secondary to life and the important things in life. But as far as a free-agent pursuit goes, I have seen that it does affect things.”